thinking about pierre and natasha. how music in great comet as a whole represents …fakeness, polish, protection from the real. the more music, the faker. (ie anatoles songs being loud and lushly orchestrated with lots of synth while natashas or sonyas tend to be softer and simpler) and then you get to pierre and natasha and that piano right. but then the music stops!!!!!!! because for the first time he’s feeling something real and immediate , and he can’t dress it up with music anymore since the whole moment is new. music represents the “sleep until you fall in love” and pierre only speaks because he has finally woken up
I saw Great Comet in April and it was the most inspirational, original, and transcendent theatre experience I’ve ever had. It fully deserves the Tonys it won, and so many more. There are so many beautiful geniuses who have brought that show to life, and I am in awe of them all. I honestly left the Imperial Theatre that day knowing in my soul that I had experienced a rare and beautiful thing.
Thank you to Dave Malloy, thank you to every single person in that sparkling cast, thank you to everyone whose work made Great Comet happen because the world is so lucky to have it.
“Enter the peacocking rogue Anatole (Lucas Steele, a platinum-blond knife-blade who looks like he could have kept One Direction together singlehandedly).”
-Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly
“Anatole (Lucas Steele, so wickedly sexy he should be arrested) is a preening peacock with a platinum-blond faux-hawk, given a flashy rock-star entrance”
-David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
“Steele is charismatic as the cocky hedonist, haughtily tearing through scenes like a Disney prince off his meds.”
-Robert Kahn, NBC 4
“Anatole — portrayed by Lucas Steele with irrepressible rock-star vanity and the hair of a platinum woodpecker.”
-Linda Winer, Newsday
“Lucas Steele, for instance, is ideal as the Anatole conceived here: a rock star in skintight pants and a cantilevered pompadour.”
-Jesse Green, Vulture
“Lucas Steele performs the devilishly handsome Anatole with a cocky swagger that is just as effective on this recording as it is in person at the Imperial Theatre. Steele’s sex-infused instrument uses sublime delicacy to woo Natasha and listeners alike, allowing audiences to understand how he could sweep the young girl away.”
-David Clarke, Broadway World
“Steele’s Anatole Kuragin, the androgynous Casanova with a platinum pompadour who sweeps onto the stage with a David Bowie swagger and an introductory line in the opening song that tells the audience almost everything we need to know about him: “Anatole is hot. He spends his money on women and wine.”
-Dana Schwartz, The Observer
“Steele comes across as a Disney prince who plunged into New York City in an Enchanted-like scenario”
-Dana Schwartz, The Observer
“Lucas Steele plays Anatole as a Disney villain—sky-high pompadour, skin-tight pants, slinkily thrust hips, and a singing voice that soars and swoops”
-Jil Picariello, ZEALnyc
“Anatole’s played by Lucas Steele, who reminds me a bit of a young Val Kilmer (Think Top Secret, not Top Gun)”
I will never not be angry over an unremarkable, generic, underwhelming pop soundtrack winning best score over an electro-pop opera with minimal spoken dialogue that tells an entire story and blends traditional Russian, techno, and classical music.
Hi, everyone/anyone reading this. I’m trying to broaden my music(al) knowledge more than I have ever before and if there are any awesome/obscure musicals you’d like to recommend, please leave a comment on this post especially if it’s something not a lot of people know about? Thanks in advance to anyone who’d like to share their preferences and discoveries! I’m tagging my current favorite musicals that I can think of for now and hopefully it could reach anyone who have awesome musical(s) they could mention/comment. Have a great time out there everyone. :)
